Hi all,
I'd like to report that I'm really impressed by the new setup I now
have. The most problematic thing was proper transparent OSD which would
not eat much CPU. I must tell that the xxmc (XVMC-VLD) decoding is
nearly perfect, the OSD is fully transparent on this, and does not take
any CPU at all, and the system is on par with softdevice.
My current setup :
* diskless system : EPIA ML6000 / 600MHz, 512MB, diskless, 100Mbps
Ethernet, 12V power supply, no fan, no noise : 25W off the wall while
decoding video
* NFS root FS on the always-on server : fully Debian etch with e-tobi
repository, no self compiled package, except kernel-source package for LIRC
* VDR 1.6.0-2
* xineliboutput 1.0.3
* streamdev-client 0.3.4
* skinsoppalusikka 1.6.2
* femon 1.6.3
BTW : CPU usage was 2% when decoding SDTV MPEG2 video only, with no Alsa
sound setup, and climbed to 20% when Alsa was finally configured and
working. That's a bit strange to think that audio is 9x more
CPU-intensive than video ;-) (I think it may also be a big slice of
synchronization delays)
Kudo to everyone involved in VDR, at all levels !
(problems/crashes reports will be for another day/post)
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NH